Portfolio IT Operations Manager

Do you have expertise in, and passion for operations management? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!



ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious disease. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.



ABOUT OUR TEAM

We lead AstraZeneca's transformation, focusing our digital and data capabilities with backing from the business to make it happen. Applying our skills for good, we feel a pride like no other as we positively impact patients across the world. Accelerate the business forward as we power the core functions to work better and faster. By partnering across the business, we're leveraging our leading technologies and exploring data to make improved decisions and help the business to reach the right outcomes, quicker. Working with new technologies in our ever-changing environment we never stand still. We challenge, innovate and break away from the norm to find bold new ways of approaching the everyday. Always focused on leading the way for sustainable digital healthcare. This cannot be done alone. Empowerment and working together as one, go in hand in hand. Giving our diverse team of specialists the freedom to explore and express their ideas and views. There's no better place to continuously expand knowledge and develop with our two-way feedback loop and novel roles. A place to realise the true impact data and digital can make.



The Role

The Portfolio IT Operations Manager will develop and evaluate a comprehensive set of strategic management and measurement processes that link strategic objectives to key performance indicators for the functional area and provide accurate management reporting on performance within R&D IT. The role will oversee the running of the function to ensure the resources and tools needed are managed. The Portfolio IT Operations Manager will develop (where needed), implement and monitor the areas for:

* Scorecard ownership, reporting and communications
* Management of team meetings: agenda planning, facilitation, and minutes
* Support the process for business cases and demand tracking; ensuring alignment to business/IT objectives and strategy including managing functional risks, actions, and decisions
* Coordinate delivering a communication strategy and events: internal communications, engagement plans and departmental meetings
* Responsible for providing robust and succinct information to senior leaders, to support decision making
* Manage and co-ordinate the submission of IT business cases in line with the AZ investment cycle


Essential Skills & Experience

* BA/BSc degree or equivalent preferred in Business Administration, Information Technology or related field
* 2+ years progressive experience in business or financial management
* 2+ years' experience leading cross functional teams and building consensus
* Experience with scorecards and reporting
* Strong customer service orientation
* Strong communication, influencing and relationship building skills
* Ability to communicate both written and orally at all levels of the organization
* Very functional and comfortable with reporting and communicating within a large organisation
* Experience of change management and problem-solving skills
* Ability to prioritise, re-schedule or adapt to changes
* Ability to work well in and across diverse, global teams and proven ability to influence others to achieve positive outcomes


Ability to drive process performance and efficiency improvements




Technology at AstraZeneca is a home for purposeful disruptors!


SO, WHAT'S NEXT?

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we'd love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we'll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/

Follow AstraZeneca on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/astrazenecacareers/

Follow AstraZeneca on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/astrazeneca_careers/?hl=en